-ism

Usage

• plagiarism

  Plagiarism is the copying of another person's work, ideas, or words and pretending that you created or thought of them.

• syllogism

  A syllogism is a form of deductive reasoning that uses two premises to arrive at a logical conclusion.

• tropism

  Tropism is the movement, growth, or bending of a plant or other anchored organism towards an external stimulus, such as light, gravity, or heat.

• criticism

  Criticism is the finding of fault with people because their actions are thought of as wrong or bad in some way.

• bilingualism

  the ability to speak two languages colloquially

• exclusivism

  The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.

• exorcism

  freeing from evil spirits

• hypnotism

  the act of inducing hypnosis

• journalism

  newspapers and magazines collectively

• ostracism

  the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

• photojournalism

  journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures

• proselytism

  the practice of proselytizing

• terrorism

  the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature

• tourism

  the business of providing services to tourists

• vandalism

  willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others